What does archaeology student Danielle Herring discover in the shadows of her family tree? Corruption, murder, sex, and a serial killer ring. She’s the only biological heir to an estate, things should be simple, right? She’s accompanied by the family attorney, Stephen Briggs, on what she thinks is a quick will-reading in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.

She doesn’t count on one of the conditions of the will including a hot-blooded—make that a HOT!—Veterinarian she has to share a home with in order to claim her inheritance. 

Things couldn’t get worse, could they? 

This pulse-racing, emotionally charged novel proves some deep-seated secrets and desires are buried so deep in the soil that bringing them to the surface requires Truth or Consequences.

Note: This book contains sexual content, adult situations, and profanity.
Truth or Consequences is created by Faith Justice, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

Truth or Consequences

     World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain. -Elizabeth Barrett Browning


     A deep voice tugs at my consciousness, pulling me out of the safety of my dreamless world. The tip of a finger leaves a quivering trail of uneasiness in its wake. It traces my jawline from the base of my ear to the center of my chin.


     Thoughts of where I am flood my mind. I'm in the fucking cottage. Tension courses through my body like a wildfire igniting a rising fear in the pit of my belly. My body stiffens.


     I open my eyes and glare at Aaron. He frees my right wrist from the hard steel biting into my sore flesh.


     My belly contracts into a tightly woven ball. "Oh God, please, don't hurt me again."


     "Relax. I'm not going to hurt you, unless, of course, you disobey. Now, roll from your back to your stomach. I need to release your other hand."


Chapter 49: Wake Up